Proud 2 b parents are extremely pleased to announce that we will partnering in a new initiative to tackle hate crime with, 31 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) organisations from across England and Wales. Funded by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the partnership will aim to increase the reporting of LGBT hate crimes and incidents and improve the support available to those targeted.

The partnership has been organised by the LGBT consortium details of which can be found here:

The LGBT Consortium is the Lead Partner in this Partnership and is the umbrella body for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Voluntary and Community Organisations in the United Kingdom

The partnership will empower LGBT communities through campaigns and information resources, as well as building new independent advice servicesand expertise within local organisations. It will achieve this through training, setting up buddying relationships between organisations, funding advisors, setting up systems to help people report, make them safer and empower their choices; as well as training criminal justice organisations such as the police.